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Bill is off this morning to Illinois for his first interview experience. It's mock interviews; better to have the first one be a practice run intentionally. It's great that U of l offers its PhD graduates this opportunity when they go out to try to join the academic work force.
So far Bill has had four telephone interviews. Newville College never contacted him back, so we're thinking they were looking for someone with a different specialty and found him or her. There's also been Southplace U (which went fairly well but has neglected further contact so far). Kory U turned out to be a bust; halfway through the interview Bill realized this was nooooooot the institution for him and so he threw the game (it's a glorified community college with very limited research opportunities in a depressed community with a poor public education system). Jones College looks to be promising. It's the most recent; the best prepared for; the smoothest experience; and very attractive as a school.
There have been another round of openings since he applied to all of these. A few gems are in this new list, so there will be another period of all this junk, assuming he's not offered something concrete that seems better than the possibility of Portland, Oregon. We'll keep you updated!
**This Just In: Bill got an email inviting him for an on-site interview with Jones College. It's a only short drive away, so next week or the one after that (depending on how much polishing is required after this trip to Illinois), off to Jones he'll go! Wow! Pretty exciting!